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Any linux operating systems as a daily driver?

Posted by ༒丂ズムイ乇尺1664༒

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since there is so many Linux distributions and i cant decide where to start one as my daily driver? any recommended Linux OS that i can start with as a daily driver?(everyday use).

p.s. i also seen elementary os and deepin os is a good everyday use but theres alot of restrictions.


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Reply by tsukki

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i'd recommend linux mint since it's a "just works" distro, comes with a lot of useful software out of the box -- firefox, office suite, etc -- and it's popular, therefore well supported, i've used for a couple weeks and it's really really stable.

cons

- updates take a while, that can be a blessing or a curse, you'll won't get the latest version of some software for example, but it makes for a stabler system

- out of the box, not that much customizable, but you can swap out the software that you don't like, such as the desktop environment and other system tools

- you'll have to learn a tiny bit of terminal commands, but it's nothing scary, after you learn basic things like how to update your system and such, you'll improve your workflow significantly even if you're not a programmer

hope this helps


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Reply by Rainy 🐾

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Thought I'd second the Linux Mint recommendation with a bit of additional info (and some personal experience)

The Software Manager and Driver Manager are probably some of the most helpful tools in the OS. It's easy to install tons of programs through the software manager, and the Driver Manager is nice as well. If you have something in your PC that needs some special drivers (in my case, an Nvidia GPU) Linux Mint will show you available drivers and make them easy to install.

On that, it's a pretty good distro for gaming as well. Using a combination of Wine, Proton, and Bottles has allowed me to run many games very smoothly, even getting a Windows-only mod manager (Unverum specifically) working in Bottles.

Off-topic, but I've also heard a lot of good about Pop! OS. I've seen it in action and it looks clean and pretty easy to set up. I also used Garuda Linux for awhile (which is Arch-based) and had a good experience with it.


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Reply by ༒丂ズムイ乇尺1664༒

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thank you i will look into that! :)


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Reply by bankabonk

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Manjaro is an Arch-distro that guarantees stability if you use their repos of pacman. I daily drive it on my laptop. I am thinking of switching to pure arch soon though.


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Reply by keyboard_spacebar

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If you want a "just works" distro that is very beginner friendly, with virtually zero risk of catastrophic fuckup, there's Fedora Silverblue/Kinoite. Most apps/programs you'll install will be flatpaks installed via the Discover (app store). You can also install normal packages using rpm-ostree, which is honestly a great way to manage packages.

Silverblue is the version with the Gnome desktop environment, which is more similar to macOS imo, while Kinoite is KDE, which is more similar to Windows.


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Reply by ༒丂ズムイ乇尺1664༒

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can u switch silverblue and kionite depending on what fedora is or do have to use terminal as a input?


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Reply by ༒丂ズムイ乇尺1664༒

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since manjaro is arch-distro is it friendly to use? like does it help you to understand more better since i heard arch is very barebone and next level terminal language?


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Reply by xqh

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if you really must use arch + installer, use endeavour, not manjaro. manjaro has had a very very rocky history.

but for beginners, linux mint + cinnamon is the way. 

btw, you can switch between desktops but its generally considered a good idea to stick with what desktop your operating system came with as thats what is explicitly supported and youll run into issues without any support otherwise. not ideal for a beginner.



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